Advocacy
A Timely Reminder About The One Threat To Us All
It's still a collosal problem. And we are stuck between rocks and hardplaces, and getting more trapped by the year. And while everybody wants to scream, yell, and pound their fists about every other issue they claim to care about, people have slowly begun to voice their feelings much less about how petroleum is both pivotal to our existence, and a source of our problems.
By The Man Behind The Maskabout 16 hours ago in Earth
Fast Radio Burst 121102
In 2012, astronomers detected a millisecond burst of radio energy more powerful than anything our Sun produces in an entire day, and when it kept repeating from the same spot in deep space, we realized something extraordinary was sending us signals we cannot explain.
By The Curious Writera day ago in Earth
The Skeleton Lake of the Himalayas
High in the rugged mountains of the Indian Himalayas lies one of the world’s most mysterious and haunting archaeological sites—Roopkund Lake, often called Skeleton Lake. Located at an altitude of about 5,029 meters (16,500 feet) in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the small glacial lake is surrounded by steep snow-covered peaks. What makes this remote location extraordinary is the presence of hundreds of ancient human skeletons scattered around its shores and beneath its icy waters.
By Irshad Abbasi a day ago in Earth
The Star That Keeps Dimming for No Known Reason
In 2015, astronomers analyzing data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovered a star designated KIC 8462852, located about 1,470 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, that was exhibiting brightness fluctuations unlike anything that had been observed in over 150,000 stars surveyed by the Kepler mission, and the pattern of dimming was so unusual and irregular that it could not be explained by any known natural phenomena including planets orbiting the star, stellar pulsations, or dust clouds, leading some scientists to seriously propose that the dimming might be caused by artificial structures built by an advanced alien civilization, specifically something like a Dyson swarm of solar collectors orbiting the star to harvest its energy, though this explanation while exciting was considered a hypothesis of last resort only to be entertained after all natural explanations had been exhaustively ruled out. The star, which became known informally as Tabby's Star after astronomer Tabetha Boyajian who led the research team studying it, showed dimming events where its brightness dropped by up to 22 percent, far more than could be explained by a planet passing in front of it, which typically causes dimming of only a fraction of a percent, and the dimming events were irregular and aperiodic, meaning they did not repeat on any predictable schedule, and different dimming events had different characteristics with some showing gradual dimming over days and others showing more sudden brightness drops.
By The Curious Writer2 days ago in Earth
The Bloop
NOAA detected an ultra-low frequency sound in 1997 that matched no known animal or geological phenomenon In the summer of 1997, an array of underwater microphones operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) detected an extremely powerful ultra-low-frequency sound originating from a remote point in the South Pacific Ocean west of South America, and the sound, which was nicknamed "the Bloop" because of the blooping noise it made when sped up to be audible to human ears, was so loud that it was detected on sensors over 3,000 miles apart, making it the loudest underwater sound of unknown origin ever recorded, and the frequency pattern and characteristics of the Bloop did not match any known geological phenomena like volcanic activity or earthquakes, but intriguingly it did show characteristics similar to sounds produced by living creatures, specifically matching the frequency profile of sounds made by marine animals, though the Bloop was many times louder than the loudest sounds produced by the largest known animal, the blue whale, leading to speculation that it might have been generated by an enormous unknown marine animal far larger than any creature known to science.
By The Curious Writer2 days ago in Earth
Hormuz on Fire
Hormuz on Fire The narrow waters of the Strait of Hormuz have once again become one of the most dangerous flashpoints on Earth. Located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, this strategic passage connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and ultimately to the global ocean. Though small in size, the strait carries enormous global importance. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through this narrow corridor every day.
By Wings of Time 2 days ago in Earth
The Ancient Meteorite That Changed Earth’s Climate
Throughout Earth’s long and dramatic history, many natural events have shaped the planet’s climate and life. Among the most powerful of these events are meteorite impacts. Scientists believe that one of the earliest and most significant meteorite collisions with Earth may have played a crucial role in ending the last great ice age and transforming the planet’s environment.
By Irshad Abbasi 3 days ago in Earth
How Bad Is AI for the Environment, Really?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday life. From chatbots and image generators to recommendation algorithms and automated customer service, AI systems are now embedded in countless digital tools.
By Navigating the World4 days ago in Earth
